Species Planigale tenuirostris Troughton, 1928
Narrow-nosed Planigale
- Planigale tenuirostris Troughton, E. le G. 1928. A new genus, species, and subspecies of marsupial mice (Family Dasyuridae). Records of the Australian Museum 16: 281-288 [285].
Type data:
Holotype AM M3933 ♀ spirit specimen & skull (Troughton's ibid. (287) registration no. M3856 for the holotype is incorrect), Bourke or Wilcannia, NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, nocturnal, predator, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Habitat generally characterized by cracking clays and earths, but also in drier habitats such as stony plains and hills, cover includes grass, chenopod shrubs and woodland.
General References
Andrew, D.L. & Settle, G.A. 1982. Observations on the behaviour of species of Planigale (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia) with particular reference to the narrow-nosed planigale (Planigale tenuirostris). pp. 311-324 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.
Briggs, SV. 1996. Native small mammals and reptiles in cropped and uncropped parts of lakebeds in semiarid Australia. Wildlife Research 23: 629-636
Denny, M.J.S. 1982. Review of Planigale (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia) ecology. pp. 131-138 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.
Painter, J. Krajewski, C. & Westerman, M. 1995. Molecular phylogeny of the marsupial genus Planigale (Dasyuridae). Journal of Mammalogy 76: 406-413
Read, D. 1982. Observations on the movements of two arid zone planigales (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia). pp. 227-231 in Archer, M. (ed.). Carnivorous Marsupials. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Vol. 1 i-vi, 396 pp.
Read, D.G. 1984. Movements and home ranges of three sympatric dasyurids, Sminthopsis crassicaudata, Planigale gilesi, and P. tenuirostris (Marsupialia), in semiarid western New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 11: 223-234
Read, D.G. 1984. Reproduction and breeding season of Planigale gilesi and P. tenuirostris (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 7: 161-173
Read, D.G. 1985. Development and growth of Planigale tenuirostris (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in the laboratory. Australian Mammalogy 8: 69-78
Read, D.G. 1987. A comparison of growth rates in dependent juveniles of Planigale gilesi and P. tenuirostris (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 35: 161-171
Read, D.G. 1987. Diets of sympatric Planigale gilesi and P. tenuirostris (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae): relationships of season and body size. Australian Mammalogy 10: 11-21
Read, D.G. 1987. Habitat use by Sminthopsis crassicaudata, Planigale gilesi and P. tenuirostris (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) in semiarid New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 14: 385-395
Read, D.G. 1987. Rate of food passage in Planigale spp. (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 10: 27-28
Read, D.G. 1989. Microhabitat separation and diel activity patterns of Planigale gilesi and P. tenuirostris (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). Australian Mammalogy 12: 45-53
Read, D.G. 1995. Narrow-nosed Planigale Planigale tenuirostris. pp. 113-115 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Wauchope, J. 1984. The narrow-nosed planigale Planigale tenuirostris from the southern Flinders Ranges. South Australian Naturalist 58: 40-44
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Narrow-nosed Planigale)
History of changes
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